Short answer: Polka takes the article die (die Polka). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “polka” in English.
Polka: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Polka
- Topic
- Culture and arts
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Polka take die?
No suffix rule covers Polka, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Polka as something red.
See the article rules →Polka in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Polka |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Polka |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Polka |
